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Lucide[1] is a very active fork of Feather and what I’ve been using for the past few years instead. Feather is great as are their design guidelines, but it nee

Lucide[1] is a very active fork of Feather and what I’ve been using for the past few years instead. Feather is great as are their design guidelines, but it needs way way more icons. Lucide picks up beautifully where it left off. [1] https://lucide.dev/ https://lucide.dev/

KrishnaShripad 4y ago
This looks great! Thanks for the share!
867-5309 4y ago
I wonder why signal-zero and signal-low are the same icon
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  And signal-high is lower than signal. I guess some discretion is required before using any of those icon fonts. That's really not a point against it. Anyway, my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush.
  - ComputerGuru 4y ago
    > anyway my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush That’s actually a thing now: https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-history/ https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-hist...
    - marcosdumay 4y ago
      That's interesting. For me the rushing icon does look better. But I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. We don't make signage with people running except when we actually want to say that they are going fast; the same should apply here.
      - CoffeeOnWrite 4y ago
        This 2014 article/podcast episode does a deep dive you might find interesting: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/
      - thih9 4y ago
        > I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. The article linked by grandparent says: "the new design pictures a handicapped individual with their head tilted forward, indicating their mobility and that they are in control of where they are going. The new design also pictures the individual with their arms back, once again indicating that they are dynamic and in control of their own mobility."
        marcosdumay 4y ago
        Yes, but the icon should look like the person is "walking" instead of "running". Even though it is a beautiful icon, the effect is misleading. If you just reduce the inclination of the body and arms, you get that effect.
        ComputerGuru 4y ago
        I think it is intentional and I think the reason isn't very hard to figure out. Handicapped has been associated with "incapable" for a long time, and this is intentionally turning that on its head to force people to (maybe!) subconsciously reconsider when they start seeing this symbol spray painted in parking lots, plastered on walls, and otherwise surrounding them in the spaces they regularly visit. This wasn't meant to be a neutral change, or even a change to bring it from negative connotations to neutral - it's the equivalent of affirmative action for symbols.
- azdle 4y ago
  Looks like it's just an accident: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment-1099289022 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment...
  - 867-5309 4y ago
    beside the fact that an error like this actually made it into a release, should it really take more than six months for such a simple correction?
    - eyelidlessness 4y ago
      They accept bug fix contributions. If it really bothers you so much, it sounds like it would’ve taken you less time to fix it than to complain all the way over here. I’m pointing this out not because open source is often thankless (it can be), but because this kind of negativity snipe is often demoralizing even for those of us not even maintaining the project.
      - prmoustache 4y ago
        Thanksfully someone did which show also the beauty of the open source, it only took a few minutes for someone to volunteer and provide a correction, which the poster above could have done instead of complaining. https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/812 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/812
    - junkieradio 4y ago
      You can't really hold an open source project like this to such a high level of scrutiny, all development was likely done in people's spare time with no compensation.
      - lucideer 4y ago
        Hrmmm... while your comment is intended in good faith, I think it actually does a disservice to open source. I've seen plenty of terrible quality closed source projects and even some impressive high quality closed source projects that were still imperfect and open to human error. I don't think we should have lower levels of scrutiny or expectations from open source projects. I do think the gp's criticism was exaggerated and unwarranted for any project, open or closed.
angelmm 4y ago
Didn't know about Lucide! Thanks for sharing
Jaydenaus 4y ago
Tabler-icons is also a larger set with similar design specs to feather) lucide

KrishnaShripad 4y ago

This looks great! Thanks for the share!

867-5309 4y ago

I wonder why signal-zero and signal-low are the same icon

marcosdumay 4y ago
And signal-high is lower than signal. I guess some discretion is required before using any of those icon fonts. That's really not a point against it. Anyway, my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush.
- ComputerGuru 4y ago
  > anyway my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush That’s actually a thing now: https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-history/ https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-hist...
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    That's interesting. For me the rushing icon does look better. But I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. We don't make signage with people running except when we actually want to say that they are going fast; the same should apply here.
    - CoffeeOnWrite 4y ago
      This 2014 article/podcast episode does a deep dive you might find interesting: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/
    - thih9 4y ago
      > I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. The article linked by grandparent says: "the new design pictures a handicapped individual with their head tilted forward, indicating their mobility and that they are in control of where they are going. The new design also pictures the individual with their arms back, once again indicating that they are dynamic and in control of their own mobility."
      - marcosdumay 4y ago
        Yes, but the icon should look like the person is "walking" instead of "running". Even though it is a beautiful icon, the effect is misleading. If you just reduce the inclination of the body and arms, you get that effect.
        ComputerGuru 4y ago
        I think it is intentional and I think the reason isn't very hard to figure out. Handicapped has been associated with "incapable" for a long time, and this is intentionally turning that on its head to force people to (maybe!) subconsciously reconsider when they start seeing this symbol spray painted in parking lots, plastered on walls, and otherwise surrounding them in the spaces they regularly visit. This wasn't meant to be a neutral change, or even a change to bring it from negative connotations to neutral - it's the equivalent of affirmative action for symbols.
azdle 4y ago
Looks like it's just an accident: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment-1099289022 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment...
- 867-5309 4y ago
  beside the fact that an error like this actually made it into a release, should it really take more than six months for such a simple correction?
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    They accept bug fix contributions. If it really bothers you so much, it sounds like it would’ve taken you less time to fix it than to complain all the way over here. I’m pointing this out not because open source is often thankless (it can be), but because this kind of negativity snipe is often demoralizing even for those of us not even maintaining the project.
    - prmoustache 4y ago
      Thanksfully someone did which show also the beauty of the open source, it only took a few minutes for someone to volunteer and provide a correction, which the poster above could have done instead of complaining. https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/812 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/812
  - junkieradio 4y ago
    You can't really hold an open source project like this to such a high level of scrutiny, all development was likely done in people's spare time with no compensation.
    - lucideer 4y ago
      Hrmmm... while your comment is intended in good faith, I think it actually does a disservice to open source. I've seen plenty of terrible quality closed source projects and even some impressive high quality closed source projects that were still imperfect and open to human error. I don't think we should have lower levels of scrutiny or expectations from open source projects. I do think the gp's criticism was exaggerated and unwarranted for any project, open or closed.

angelmm 4y ago

Didn't know about Lucide! Thanks for sharing

Jaydenaus 4y ago

Tabler-icons is also a larger set with similar design specs to feather) lucide